First I'll tell you what Micaiah said.
Then I'll tell you what I THINK he was talking about.
#1
"Mommy, remember when daddy went to that store. It was called Kingsport. We were all in the car and daddy and I went inside. I think it was 45 years ago."
(If you know Micaiah, he says it all so fast he almost stumbles over his words.)
Several weeks ago, we went to Bays Mountain and then stopped at a hotel so that Micaiah could use the bathroom, and he and daddy went inside.
#2
"Mommy, when can I watch the scary checkers movie? Next year on my birthday?"
He asked me this question about 6 times and I was starting to get frustrated. "Micaiah," I said, "I didn't see the commercial. I don't know which movie you're talking about. Next time you see the commercial, let me know and I can talk to you about it."
Then it dawned on me.
There was a commercial for the Simpsons and the Family Guy and I flipped the channel, telling the kids that those were not cartoons for kids and that we weren't going to watch that.
We have a Simpsons chess set that was given to us when we got married and we've been teaching Ella how to play chess with it.
The Simpsons....looks like a cartoon movie....checkers....a lot like chess....scary...things that we don't let our children watch. OK. Now it all makes sense!
